Container for cosmetics and other small articles



y 9, 19337 c. H. DUELL ET AL 1,908,132

CONTAINER FOR COSMETICS AND OTHER SMALL ARTiCLES ATTORNEYS Patented May 9, .1933

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iii urrsn STATES PATENT oFFrca LES FWELL AWE) EDITH E. BRISBANE, 01 NEW YORK, N. Y, AND DOUGLAS 6. WARM, @F MOUNTAIN LAKES, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOBS, BY DIRECT AND 1mm EN) INTERNATIONAL COSMETIC COMPANY, INC NEW YORK, N. Y

FQfit AND OTHER SHALL ARTICLES Applteation tannary as, tees. Serial lto. 6139.926.

rangement of parts which is eliicient, eco

nomical and readily manufactured.

More particularly, the invention has for "lo its object the provision of a device comprising a casing having a sliding cover and adapted to transport accessories such as cosmetros, applicators, powder pufi's, etc. to gether with a suitable mirror.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container having one or more slidable covers adapted to release a member which moves a mirror into a position to be used in con'unction with suitable articles found wit in the container. a 0

Another object of the invention is to provide a container having a mirror and slidable cover adapted for releasing one or more of a plurality of members which may thereupon present various cosmetics and the like contained therein.

Gther objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection w1th the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device shown in Fig. '1. with the hinged cover raised;

Fig. 3 is a cross section in elevation of the gfgce shown in Fig. 1 taken along the lines Fig. 4 is a cross section in elevation of the Eco shown in Fig. 1 taken along the lines to Fig. 5 is a cross section in elevation of the cslevgce shown in Fig. 1 taken along the lines Fig.- 6 is a perspective view of a modified at form of device embodying the invention;

Fig. 7 is a cross section in elevation of the gev izce shown in Fig. 6 taken along the lines Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the device to shown in Fig. 6 with one cover slid to open position;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another modified form of device embodying the invention; 1

Fig. 10 is a cross section in elevation out the device shown in Fig. 9, taken along the lines 10-10;

Fig: 11 is a perspective view in partiallyopen position of the device shown in Fig. 9; 7o

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of another modification embodying the invention;

Fig. 13 is a. perspective view with all covers in open position of the device shown in Fig. 12; and I Fig. 14 is a plan view of a detail'ot the device shown in Fig. 12.

In containers for cosmetics and toilet articles, it is desirable that a mirror bereadily available for use in connection with the other articles as soon as the latter are exposed when the container is'opened; It is also desirable that the same motion of the hand which opens the vanity case may release the member having a mirror surface. The device described herein has one or more slidable covers similar to that set forth in tin the co-pending joint ap lication of Charles H. Duell and Douglas Clarke, Serial No. 589,130 filed January 28, 1932. A hinged 9i) cover member is adapted to released by the opening of the slidable cover to present I a mirror-bearing surface. In one modificacontainer.

tion the motion of either one of two slidable covers releases a mirror attached to one, whereby the mirror is free to rise out of the A further modification has two hinged covers containing cosmetics, etc., and releasable on opposite sides ,of a mirror member by a slidable cover or cap.

In the embodiment shown in the drawing, particularly Fi s. 1-5, a casing 10 is provided with a s idable cover 11, which has downturned side flanges 12. These flanges rip the sides of the casing frictionally. A depending auxiliary flange 13 at one end of the cover serves as a stop to arrest the movement of the cover when it has been slid to osition, partially covering the opening 14. Inwardlyrojecting detents 15 are provided to arrest the cover when being slid to open position and to prevent its being completely separated from the casing. The flange 13 may fit over and conform to the end of the casing.

A cover 16 hingedly secured by any suitable means 17 to the casing, is adapted to coverthat portion of the opening not covered by the slidable cover 11. A projecting portion 18 of the hinged cover 16 is adapted to fit beneath a portion of the slidable cover 11 so that the latter retains the former when both are in closed position. Resilient means 19 ma tend to open the hinged cover once the slidable cover is withdrawn. The interior of the hinged cover may be provided with a mirror surface 20 in any desired manner, for example, by polishing the mate rial of the cover or by adding a mirror member. The two covers may present one or more continuous surfaces.

A modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 6-8, in which each of two slidable covers 11 and 11' cover -complementary portions of the opening 14. Each is provided with detents 15 and an end flange 13, which forms an end of the device when the covers are closed. Attached suitably to one of the covers is a mirror 20' which extends beneath the other cover and is retained thereby within the container when the covers are closed. A resilient member, such as the spring 19, tends to press the mirror out of the casing when either one of the covers is slid to, open position.

When either one of the two forms last described is held within the hand and a cover slid back by a motion of the thumb and fingers, the mirror springs up ready to be used alone or in connection with such other accessories as may be within the container.

In the modification shown in Figs. 9-11, the mirror 20" is attached by any suitable means, such as a hinge, to the outside of one of the cover members and lies alongor may be countersunk in the cover members. A hooked tongue 21, integral with or attached to the mirror, is adapted to extend into an opening 22 in the other cover in such a fashas it tends to do under the action of a resilient member such as spring 19".

The modification shown in Figs. 12-14 is similar in certain respects to that shown in Figs. 1-5, there being a hinged cover 16, and in this form a hinged bottom 116, both attached at thev same end of a principal member of the device 110, which corresponds to the casing 10 in the above described form. The member 110 is generally flat and may be made of any suitable material such as metal. Either one or both of its sides are su lied with a mirror surface,.either by polls ing or by attaching mirrors. It has a projection 23 at the opposite end from the hinges. A slidable cover '11 has a'channel' 24 cut therein into which the projection. 23 is adapted to slide. Detents 15 in the slidable cover extend into slots 26 in the projection to prevent the cover from being completely removed. The cover may, in this instance, act as a kind of slidable cap. Grooves 27 in the cover are adapted to slide over tongues 121 'on the hinged covers when the latter are in closed position against the main memher 110. The covers may be provided with chambers 28 which are available when the covers are open for containing cosmetics or toilet articles. Resilient means such as springs 119, tend to open the covers when, the slidable cover is pushed back. It will be seen that the present form ma beheld in the hand and by moving the sli able cover with the thumb or fingers, either one of the hinged covers may be opened, or if both are opened, they may be held in horizontal plane with the mirror upright between them.

The entire device may be closed by the motion of one hand.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which. as'a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. Ina device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a hinged cover adapted to ltl cover a part of said opening, a slidable cover adapted, when in closed position, to cover the remainder of said opening, and means adapted for limiting the motion of said slidable cover.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a hinged cover adapted to cover a part of said opening, aslidable cover adapted, when in closed position, to cover the remainder of said opening and to hold said hinged cover in closed position, and means adapted for limiting the motion of said slidable cover.

3. in a device oi the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a hinged cover adapted to cover a part of said opening, a slidable cover adapted, when in closed position, to cover v the remainder of said opening, means adapted for limiting the motion of said cover, and a tlange on said slidable cover adapted to fit over an end of said container.

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t. in a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a hinged cover adapted to cover a part of said opening, resilient means tending to hold said hinged cover in open position, a slidable cover adapted, when in closed position, to cover the remainder of said opening and to hold said hinged cover in closed position, and means adapted for limiting the motion ct said coven,

5. lln a device of the character described, the combination com rising a container having an opening, a hinged cover adapted to cover a part ot said opening, a slidable cover adapted, when inclosed position, to cover the remainder of said opening, and means adapted for limiting the motion oi said cover, at least a portion oi" the inside ot said hinged cover presenting a mirror surface.

ti. in a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a hinged cover adapted to cover a part of said opening, a slidable cover adapted, When in closed position, to cover-the remainder of said opening and to hold said hinged cover in closed position, and means adapted for limiting the motion of said cover, at least a portion of the inside of said" hinged cover presenting a mirror surface.

7 In a device of the character described, the combination com rising a container having an opening, a slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover a portion of said opening, a second slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover another portion of said opening, a mirror hinged to one of said covers and held within the container by the other of said covers when said covers are in closed 'osition, and resilient means for moving said mirror out of said casing when either one or both of said covers are slid to open osition.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover a portion of said opening, a second slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover another portion of said opening, a mirror hinged to one of said covers and held Within the container by the other of said covers When said covers are in closed position, resilient means for moving said mirror out of said casing When either one or both of said covers are slid to open position, and means adapted for limiting the motion of said cover.

9. in a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a slidable cover adapted in closed position to covera portion of said opening, a second slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover another portion of said opening, a mirror exterior and hinged to one of said covers, held by the other of said covers against said covers When said covers are in closed position, and adapted to be released when one of said covers is slid to open position, resilient means tending to move said mirror out of the plane ct said covers, and means adapted for limiting the motion of said cover.

ill. in a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover a portion of said opening, a second slidable cover adapted in closed position to cover another ortion of said opening, a mirror exterior and inged to one oi said covers, held by the other of said covers against said covers When said covers are in closed position, and adapted to be released when one of said covers is slid to open position, and means adapted for limiting the motion oi said cover.

ii. in a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container having an opening, a slidable covering member adapted when in closed position for covering a portion or" said opening, means adapted for limiting the motion of said member and a second covering member adapted for disclosing a mirror.

In testimony whereof, We affix our signatures.

CHARLES DUELL. DOUGLAS C. CLARKE, EDITH E. BRISBANE. 

